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Salto Department () is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of  and a population of 124,878. Its capital is the city of Salto. It borders Artigas Department to its north, Paysandú Department to its south, the departments of Rivera and Tacuarembó to its east and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina.

History

The first division of the Republic in six departments happened on 27 January 1816. Two more departments were formed later in that year. At the time, Paysandú Department included all the territory north of the Río Negro, which included the actual departments of Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. On 17 June 1837 a new division of Uruguay was made and the department of Salto was created including the actual Artigas Department. Its final borders were defined on 1 October 1884, when the Artigas Department was separated from Salto by the Act of Ley Nº 1854.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Salto Department had a population of 124,878 (61,071 male and 63,807 female) and 42,486 households.

Demographic data for Salto Department in 2010:
Population growth rate: 0.552%
Birth Rate: 17.32 births/1,000 people
Death Rate: 8.26 deaths/1,000 people
Average age: 29.0 (27.6 male, 30.3 female)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total population: 75.03 years
Male: 72.07 years
Female: 78.20 years
Average per household income: 23,390 pesos/month
Urban per capita income: 8,409 pesos/month
2010 Data Source:

Map of the department

Government
The executive power is exercised by the Intendencia Municipal de Salto. The Intendant is elected every five years with the possibility of reelection.

The following Municipalities have been formed in Salto Department:
 Constitución
 Belén
 Rincón de Valentín
 Colonia Lavalleja
 San Antonio
 Mataojo

Tourism
There are Mineral spas at Termas del Daymán and Termas del Arapey. The displays in Museo del Hombre y la Tecnología demonstrate man's interaction with technology.

Notable people
 Rafael Addiego Bruno, President of Uruguay in 1985 as an interim measure, born in Salto.
 Edinson Cavani, Football player, playing for Manchester United in England, born in Salto.
 Irineo Leguisamo, one of the foremost South American jockeys of the 20th century
 Luis Suárez, Football player, playing for Atlético Madrid in Spain, born in Salto

See also
 List of populated places in Uruguay#Salto Department
  Detailed map of Salto Department (800x525px)showing most populated places and secondary roads.See full size version in Commons.

References

External links

INE map of Salto Department
Nuestra Terra, Colección Los Departamentos, Vol.8 "Salto"

Departments of Uruguay
States and territories established in 1837
1837 establishments in Uruguay


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Ignacio Laguarda Sep. 10, 2019 Updated: Oct. 7, 2019 4:13 p.m.
The slate of Republican candidates for both the Board of Finance and Board of Education elections is now set, after a weekend meeting of Stamford's Republican committee.
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STAMFORD — The slate of Republican candidates for both the Board of Finance and Board of Education elections is now set, after a weekend meeting of the city's Republican committee.
The four candidates who will compete for four open seats on the school board are incumbent Nicola Tarzia, as well as challengers Eva A. Maldonado, Rebecca Hamman, and Margaret Feeney.
On the Board of Finance, two Democrat incumbents are running for reelection and will be joined by another Democrat challenger. They will be challenged by Republican candidates Fritz Blau, Andrew Krill and Chris Woodside.
Blau, the head of the Republican Town Committee, said he was impressed with the slew of Republican candidates running for both boards.
"I think it's an excellent cast," he said. "They're all dedicated education advocates or people who are real fiscal hawks."
Maldonado, 59, a former chair of the city's Republican Town Committee and a former Stamford Police officer for 31 years, will be running for the Board of Education seat left vacant after Democrat Betsy Allyn's resignation. Maldonado has previously run for seats on the state Legislature as well as the Stamford Board of Representatives.
She will face off against Democrat Jack Bryant, former head of the Stamford chapter of the NAACP.
The winner will finish out the remaining year of Allyn's term.
The winners of the remaining three open school board seats will each serve full three-year terms.
Hamman, 58, a professional educator and trained clinical pastoral education chaplain, has been a teacher, administrator and college/career coordinator in Connecticut and New York for over 24 years. She has resided in Stamford for 30 years.
Feeney, 37, said she is the head of innovation in the United States for a local investment bank. She would not name her employer, because she said she was not allowed to use them as part of her campaign. Many online sources, including her LinkedIn page, list her as working at NatWest Markets. The Shippan resident serves on the advisory board of Rutgers University's Big Data Program, is a board member of Stamford Innovation Week and chair of the board for Innovate Stamford.
Hamman, Feeney and Tarzia will go up against Democratic incumbent Jennienne Burke, as well as newcomers Daniel Dauplaise, an attorney, and Fritz Chery, founder of the Grace Daycare and Learning Center on Washington Boulevard.
Democratic incumbent Antoine Savage in not seeking reelection.
Democrats have controlled the board since the mid-1990s and currently hold six of the nine seats. Under the minority representation rule, no more than six of the nine members of the board can belong to the same party. That means that Republicans could conceivably win all four open seats, while the Democrats can only win a maximum of three open positions.
All the Republican candidates will face an uphill battle in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than two to one. Numbers from the city show that, as of Tuesday, 28,941 voters are registered as Democrats and 13,547 as Republicans. The number of those who registered as unaffiliated or independent totals 26,642.
On the Board of Finance, incumbents Mary Lou Rinaldi and David Kooris are running for their seats again, while Democrat Dudley Williams is not seeking reelection.
Democrat Geoff Alswanger, who recently finished a seven-year stint on the Board of Education, will enter the fray.
The three will be challenged by Blau, Krill and Woodside.
Blau has previously run for seats on the state Legislature.
Woodside, 25, is a lifelong Stamford resident and a current teacher at Trinity Catholic High School. He was previously a candidate for the 18th District of the Board of Representatives in 2017.
Krill was reached for comment through email, but did not immediately respond.
Anthony Spadaccini, a Republican, will run for reelection for his seat on the Stamford Board of Representatives. He has temporarily filled the seat held by longtime member Gabe DeLuca, who died last year.
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VICTORIA SMALLS LEADS GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION
"I'm so proud to be Gullah Geechee," beams Victoria Smalls, newly appointed executive director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission.
Established as a National Heritage Area in 2006 by the U.S. Congress, the Corridor recognizes and preserves the cultural treasures of the Gullah Geechee people, direct descendants of enslaved individuals brought to work on plantations.
Smalls' enthusiasm and ambitions have deep roots. Growing up on St. Helena Island during the 1960s, Smalls was one of 14 siblings in a blended, bi-racial family. Her white mother, a widow from Michigan with four children, married a Gullah widower with six children. Together, they had four more children, including Victoria.
Embraced by the island community, Smalls' family learned to, as she says, "work da land" and "lib off da wada." Harvesting okra and sweet potatoes, as well as cleaning fish and speaking Gullah were as natural as breathing.
At 9, though, while walking in Beaufort, Smalls heard laughter when she spoke. "I was made to feel ashamed," she says.
Smalls stopped speaking in public and started listening to Barbara Walters and Walter Cronkite, mimicking their speech. She perfected her English but also developed a stutter for a period.
"I want youth not to be that ashamed little girl that I was about my language. I want them to live and celebrate who they are," she asserts.
Generating interest and respect for the Gullah language is just one of her goals. So, too, is educating about the knowledge of rice cultivation brought here from West Africa, preserving traditional art forms, and supporting Gullah businesses.
"At 10, when our family moved to Hilton Head Island, you'd see Gullah homes and Gullah businesses — craft stores, seafood shops, restaurants," she recalls. "Now I don't see that."
The challenges before her are many. Although her official office is on Johns Island, Smalls supervises a National Heritage Area that stretches from the coast to about 30 miles inland from Wilmington, North Carolina to St. Augustine, Florida.
A typical work week might entail fielding concerns from Gullah residents on Hilton Head Island about the possible loss of family lands related to the reconfiguration of U.S. 278 to visiting small towns in Georgia, where Gullah artists want to attract a larger audience. Museums might call for advice or schools for enrichment programs. No request is ignored.
"It's important to go out into the com
munities to know what their needs are and how we can support them," says Smalls, who lives on St. Helena Island. "Thankfully, I have great support."
To help facilitate the goals of the Corridor, Congress in 2007 established a 15-member Gullah Geechee Commission that works closely with Smalls.
"You cannot do anything alone," she says, grateful for all the "tools" she has gathered on her way to becoming executive director.
"I work for the ancestors," she adds, acknowledging that her parents as well as all the ancestors collectively have guided her path.
Starting out as an early childhood educator, Smalls taught at Lady's Island Elementary, an arts-infused school, where she saw firsthand the benefits of incorporating arts and culture in schools.
Significant time at the Red Piano Too, an art gallery on St. Helena Island, connected her with Gullah creatives and what compels them to make art — something that resonates with Smalls, an artist herself, who works in pastels and oils. Her iconic portraits — all peaceful faces with eyes closed — hang in collectors' homes across the country.
But it was working at Penn Center, formerly the first school for enslaved individuals and now a significant historical institution, that taught her how to be a strategic planner and cultural preservationist.
Becoming a National Parks Ranger for 10 months was simply icing on her resume.
"I was an interpretive ranger," she says, admitting that she loved telling the story of her people through walking tours and school programs and had no intentions of leaving.
But when asked to lead the Corridor, she suddenly blurted, "Yes."
"I really want to bring success and upliftment to the Corridor and its people," she smiles.
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Contented but is she safe?
I am referring to feline diabetes insipidus which is a rare variation of diabetes. It is not related to insulin production as is the case for diabetes mellitus.
I have mentioned the hazardous nature of fire-retardants before but not in relation to causing diabetes.
The connection was mentioned in a television program, Trust Me, I'm Your Vet. Although I did not watch the program the Times newspaper reported on it. They state that diabetes in cats is up owing to brain tumours caused by toxic chemicals in fire-retardants applied to curtains and carpets (they are also used in foam cushions and upholstery). Diabetes mellitus is up due to feline obesity on the increase.
I have reported on an increase thyroid cancer but not the possible connection between brominated fire retardants and diabetes insipidus. The symptoms are (a) increased production of dilute urine (b) drinking more and (c) dehydration. These signs are similar to kidney failure. A vet would have to do a proper diagnosis to distinguish the two.
The chain of events is as follows: chemicals in fire-retardants cause brain tumour > brain fails to produce enough of the hormone vasopressin > kidney unable to retain water > increased dilute urine > increased drinking > dehydration.
I feel there is a pressing need to fully investigate the dangers of these chemicals. I would not be surprised if they present more of a hazard than people image to cats, dogs and people. Many cat owners are unaware of the dangers lurking in carpets, curtains and furniture.
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Il Campionato mondiale di calcio femminile 1999, terza edizione ufficiale della manifestazione, si disputò negli Stati Uniti d'America dal 19 giugno al 10 luglio 1999. Il campionato venne vinto dagli , al secondo titolo iridato dopo quello del 1991, che in finale sconfissero la  5-4 dopo i tiri di rigore. La finale, giocata al Rose Bowl di Pasadena, fu l'evento più seguito nella storia del calcio femminile, con  spettatori.

Dal punto di vista statistico c'è da segnalare che le prime quattro classificate (le stesse del torneo olimpico disputato tre anni prima) appartengono a quattro confederazioni diverse, caso unico nella storia dei campionati mondiali femminili, risultato che non ha equivalenti nel mondiale maschile (dove le prime quattro classificate al massimo sono appartenute a tre confederazioni diverse, nel 1930 e nel 2002).

Città e stadi
Otto stadi furono scelti per ospitare le gare della competizione.

Qualificazioni

La FIFA annunciò la distribuzione dei posti per le sei federazioni per la definizione delle 16 squadre nazionali partecipanti al campionato mondiale 1999:
 AFC (Asia): 3 posti,
 CAF (Africa): 2 posti,
 CONCACAF (Centro e Nord America, Caraibi): 1 posto,
 CONMEBOL (Sud America): 1 posti,
 OFC (Oceania): 1 posto,
 UEFA (Europa): 6 posti,
 nazione ospitante (Stati Uniti): 1 posto,
 Spareggio tra CONCACAF e CONMEBOL : 1 posto.

Squadre partecipanti

Convocazioni

Fase a gironi
Il sorteggio dei gruppi avvenne il 14 febbraio 1999 presso lo Spartan Stadium a San Jose, in California.

Gruppo A

Classifica finale

Risultati

Gruppo B

Classifica finale

Risultati

Gruppo C

Classifica finale

Risultati

Gruppo D

Classifica finale

Risultati

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Tabellone

Quarti di finale

Semifinali

Finale terzo posto

Finale

Premi

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Classifica marcatrici

7 reti
  Sissi
  Sun Wen

4 reti
  Ann Kristin Aarønes

3 reti

  Pretinha
  Liu Ailing
  Jin Yan

  Inka Grings
  Bettina Wiegmann
  Nkiru Okosieme

  Hege Riise
  Marianne Pettersen
  Tiffeny Milbrett

2 reti

  Julie Murray
  Cidinha
  Kátia
  Charmaine Hooper
  Zhang Ouying
  Jo Song Ok

  Patrizia Panico
  Mercy Akide
  Elena Fomina
  Ol'ga Letjušova
  Michelle Akers
  Mia Hamm

  Kristine Lilly
  Cindy Parlow
  Tisha Venturini
  Hanna Ljungberg
  Victoria Sandell Svensson

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  Cheryl Salisbury
  Maicon
  Nenê
  Silvana Burtini
  Zhao Lihong
  Pu Wei
  Liu Ying
  Fan Yunjie
  Jin Pyol Hui
  Kim Kum Sil
  Janni Johansen
  Ariane Hingst
  Steffi Jones
  Renate Lingor

  Birgit Prinz
  Sandra Smisek
  Nana Gyamfua
  Otake Nami
  Paola Zanni
  Maribel Domínguez
  Nkechi Egbe
  Prisca Emeafu
  Rita Nwadike
  Solveig Gulbrandsen
  Unni Lehn
  Linda Medalen
  Dagny Mellgren
  Brit Sandaune

  Natal'ja Barbašina
  Irina Grigor'eva
  Natal'ja Karasëva
  Ol'ga Karasëva
  Galina Komarova
  Larisa Savina
  Brandi Chastain
  Kristin Bengtsson
  Malin Moström
  Jane Tornqvist
  Brandi Chastain
  Joy Fawcett
  Julie Foudy
  Shannon MacMillan

Autoreti
  Isozaki Hiromi (a favore della Norvegia)
  Ifeanyi Chiejine (a favore degli Stati Uniti)
  Brandi Chastain (a favore della Germania)

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Gun Moll
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Book 1 May 23, 2016
James "Mac" Maccari's career in the mafia is at a standstill. As the best solider in his Capo's crew, all he wants is to be noticed enough to get Made in the Pivetti Crime Family. But instead, his Capo's interests seem more focused on keeping his solider hidden from the boss, and every other Made man he can. Seemingly stuck right where he is with no chance of going up, Mac doesn't know what will finally get him the attention he needs to earn his button.
Until she shows up and all eyes are on them …
Melina Morgan survives—that's just what she does. She's never been able to depend on anyone but herself to keep her safe and get things done. When a chance encounter puts her in a bad situation with the cops and the mafia, Melina has no choice but to put her faith in the hands of a man that not only infuriates her with his cocky arrogance, but catches her interest, too. Playing pretend in a fake relationship with Mac doesn't seem all that terrible, until pretend turns real and bullets start to fly.
A man is nothing without his woman …
When the attention on Mac and Melina turns from bad to worse, and someone in the Pivetti Crime Family decides the couple needs to go, they know they're fighting an uphill battle alone. But making it to the end alive means Mac could get what he's always wanted, and Melina might find what she didn't even know she needed.
Together, they'll make waves the mafia has no choice but to notice …
Gangster Moll
Book 2 November 14, 2016
I'As a newly Made Capo in the Pivetti Crime Family, all eyes are on James "Mac" Maccari, and not for a particularly good reason. The way to his new position in the family was paved with blood, and that left some all too suspicious of where—or who—he might be going after next. Mac isn't interested in playing to the politics of other Made men or Cosa Nostra. His only goal is to keep his promise and be waiting for his gun moll when she's finally released from prison.
Until all hell breaks loose … again.
Fresh off her six month sentence, Melina Morgan is all too ready to get back to life, and Mac. The mafia life has been one learning curve after another, but with Mac at her side, there's nothing that they can throw at her that she can't handle. Even with a ring on her finger, and a new last name to go with it, Melina won't be domesticated. But with a man like Mac, he wasn't exactly looking for that kind of a woman, anyway.
Sometimes, wedding bells bring bloodstains …
When directed attacks start to happen, taking the lives of some of the highest Made men in the Pivetti family, distrust and unrest begins to breed throughout the ranks. Someone is making a move on the boss's seat, and it seems far too easy to put the blame at Mac's feet when every single attack is somehow connected to him. All over again, Mac and Melina find they're fighting an uphill battle to keep each other safe and survive.
But this time, they might not be fighting alone ….m a
Madame Moll
In this life, nothing comes easy.
James "Mac" Maccari is proof of that. Having fought his way through the ranks of the Pivetti Crime Family, Mac is willing to do whatever it takes to maintain that position. His wife and son are his everything. But sometimes when a man thinks he has it all, life throws a curveball. When it comes to Cosa Nostra, some curveballs are deadly.
Melina Morgan Maccari never imagined having the life she does now. A powerful husband. A child she loves more than her own life. Newly secure in her position as a made man's wife, Melina is finally starting to believe a happily ever after might exist. That is, until she's reminded that there is danger where you least expect it.
Some bosses are made, not born.
When the powerful Pivetti crime boss is targeted by law enforcement, his seat is up for grabs, and there is more than one man who thinks he is right for the job. But one man in power could spell disaster for Mac and Melina. Mac is left with no choice but to make one last attempt to secure the future for both his families or watch everything he loves go up in flames.
Come Hell or high water, when Melina vowed to be Mac's moll, it was for life. With an organization in chaos, and threats facing her family, she is ready to do anything necessary to stamp out the danger once and for all.
Sometimes, bloodshed requires a woman's touch.


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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez is on a roll. He announced Wednesday that on New Year's Eve he crossed the $150,000 threshold in fundraising and now qualifies for city matching funds. Thursday night, he'll participate in his first debate with the major mayoral candidates.
Pleitez, 30, will take the stage with City Controller Wendy Greuel, City Council Members Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, and former federal prosecutor and one-time conservative radio host Kevin James.
Pleitez said he's raised $210,000, and that about $160,000 of it is eligible for matching funds. That means the city will write him a check for about $320,000.
Under L.A.'s matching fund rules, the city doubles every dollar candidates raise from individuals, up to $500 from any one person.
Pleitez was born and raised in East L.A., and says the city needs a mayor who knows the struggles of the working poor: "There are a lot of people hurting right now, and there are a lot of people who want a mayor who can understand their pain and their frustrations."
Pleitez said his mother was pregnant with him when she emigrated from Mexico. She works in the cafeteria at Wilson High School, his alma mater. Pleitez said she never married his father, with whom he's had little contact.
Now, Pleitez is a Stanford University graduate who worked on President Obama's transition team in 2008. He's also worked at Goldman Sachs, and as chief strategy officer at the Pasadena-based tech company Spokeo. He also chairs the boards of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund. (His father is from El Salvador.)
Pleitez ran for political office before, vying for the San Gabriel Valley congressional seat now held by Judy Chu — when he was 26.
Until now, Pleitez has been left out of mayoral debates. His supporters staged a noisy walkout at the last televised debate.
"My campaign represents the underserved communities that other campaigns and elected officials ignore," Pleitez said in a statement. "At the protest, I said that our voices can't be silenced. It was true then, and now we have the money to prove it."
A spokesperson for the organizers of Thursday's debate, CivicCare, said they invited Pleitez even before he raised enough money to qualify for city matching funds.
"We want to help increase grassroots campaigning in addition to the model of only those with money have a voice," CivicCare's Mary Cohen said. The debate is at 7 p.m. at Beth Jacob Temple in Beverly Hills.
Pleitez said he's been invited to at least ten more debates in the run-up to the March 5th primary election. Many invitations came after the protest, he said. Pleitez is hoping the exposure will win him support.
"I'm running because I was uninspired and unimpressed by the candidates who were in the race," Pleitez said. "Los Angeles deserves more."
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VIDEO: Texas Tech celebrates win over No. 1 Louisville
By Scott PhillipsDec 10, 2019, 10:17 PM EST
Texas Tech pulled off another upset of a No. 1 team on Tuesday night when the Red Raiders took down Louisville in Madison Square Garden.
Playing without freshman guard and leading scorer Jahmi'us Ramsey, Texas Tech earned its biggest win over the season in the Jimmy V Classic.
It led to a wild postgame celebration for Texas Tech, one week after dropping a tough overtime game on the road at DePaul.
The @TexasTechMBB locker room was HYPE after knocking off No. 1 Louisville! 🔥🔥pic.twitter.com/Kn3pWDcYIp
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) December 11, 2019
The win could lead to the Red Raiders getting back in the top 25 this week.
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No. 2 Baylor pushes winning streak to 15 with come-from-behind win at Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Devonte Bandoo hit four threes in the final 11 minutes, including two in the last three minutes, as No. 2 Baylor rallied past Oklahoma State 75-68 for the Bears' 15th straight victory. Oklahoma State has now lost five in a row.
Jared Butler scored 19 points and had six assists.
Baylor (15-1, 5-0 Big 12) has the second-longest active streak in the nation and the third longest in school history.
Freddie Gillespie had 17 points and four rebounds and Devonte Bandoo scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half for Baylor, which overcame a 12-point deficit in the last 20 minutes.
Isaac Likekele scored 16 points and added nine rebounds and five assists for Oklahoma State (9-8, 0-5). Cameron McGriff had 16 points and five rebounds while Thomas Dziagwa and Lindy Waters each scored 14. Oklahoma State shot 41%, the highest allowed by Baylor since Nov. 24, a span of 10 games.
The Bears trailed 47-35 with 14 minutes remaining but used an 18-4 run over the next four-plus minutes to get back in the game. When MaCio Teague hit a 3-pointer 8:41 left, Baylor had its first lead.
The teams exchanged leads four times down the stretch before the Bears sank seven of eight free throws in the final minute to seal it.
Baylor: The Bears entered the day having trailed for a total of just 22 minutes, 13 seconds, over their previous nine games. Their largest deficit in that span was a 20-15 margin in the first half of a 67-55 win over then-No. 3 Kansas on Jan. 11. Oklahoma State led 36-27 at the half, just the fourth time this season Baylor wasn't up at halftime.
Oklahoma State: After shooting just 30% or less in three of their previous four outings, the Cowboys found their mojo. Their shooting percentage was the highest in five games.
Baylor: The Bears have a quick turnaround, hosting Oklahoma on Monday.
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys play at Iowa State on Tuesday.
No. 14 Villanova survives UConn, 61-55
By Rob DausterJan 18, 2020, 2:47 PM EST
In a game with ever-changing momentum, Villanova's Jermaine Samuels stepped up to make crucial shots as the Wildcats held on for a narrow 61-55 win over the Huskies.
In crunch time, the Wildcats turned to their experienced players — juniors Samuels and Collin Gillespie.
Samuels hit a three with 31 seconds left to give 'Nova a four-point lead, ending the game with a team-high 19 points and going 4-of-6 from long. Collin Gillespie helped the Wildcats turn around a slow second-half start, scoring 10 straight after going scoreless for almost 27 minutes.
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl played an important role in the Wildcats' win as well, knocking down four critical free throws to extend the lead at the end of the game. The freshman crashed the boards for a total of seven rebounds, including three huge offensive boards.
Villanova (14-3) closed the game on an 18-7 run to pull off the victory, as UConn (10-7) gave it everything they had, keeping it close to the very end.
The Huskies got out to an early lead over the Wildcats, with Akok Akok making impressive plays on both sides of the court — turning a blocked shot into a three-pointer on the other end. Akok led the team with three blocks, grabbing two of five first-half blocks. UConn made clear why it is one of the nation's best shot-blocking teams, totaling six blocks on the game and forcing Villanova to hit perimeter shots by taking away the paint.
After getting off to a slow start, Villanova shot lights out from beyond the arc in the first half, going 6-of-11 and utilizing spacing to avoid UConn's high-level shot blocking. Six different Wildcats sank one from deep as 'Nova finished 11-of-23 on the day.
After the game, Villanova coach Jay Wright commented on the team's two slow starts on the day, saying the team had to learn how to play every possession intently.
While UConn wasn't able to keep up from beyond the arc — shooting only 2-of-15 — the Huskies took advantage down low, with a whopping 36 points coming from inside the paint compared to the Wildcats' 12.
Turnovers also plagued the Huskies, as they lost the ball 17 times, which the Wildcats capitalized on to score 23 of their 61 points.
UConn is clearly on the rise under the coaching of Dan Hurley and made it a tough game for Villanova. The Huskies will rejoin the Big East next season, making this a rivalry to watch moving forward.
Gators guard Andrew Nembhard has flu, could miss Auburn game
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida could be without point guard Andrew Nembhard against No. 4 Auburn on Saturday.
Coach Mike White said Nembhard has the flu and missed practice Thursday and Friday. The sophomore and Canadian national team player has started all 52 games in two seasons.
"We all better be ready to play potentially without him," White said.
Nembhard is averaging 11.1 points, 5.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds this season. He also ranks second on the team with 21 steals. If he doesn't play, the Gators (11-5, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) would start one of two freshmen: Tre Mann or Ques Glover.
Neither option seems ideal against Auburn (15-1, 3-1), which starts four seniors including two in the backcourt.
"Great opportunity for freshmen guards," White said. "All these guys want opportunities. They have to take advantage of it. We have to be ready."
Although Florida has plenty of time remaining to bolster its postseason resume, White acknowledged that his team could use a victory against an Auburn team that sits 11th in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings. The Gators have only one win against a team currently ranked in the NET top 50.
You've got to start taking advantage of some of them," White said. "You want to play postseason and you want to play in that one tournament as opposed to the others, and you've got to win some of these.
"I don't think any of them are do or die. I don't think you put your team – especially this team – in the right mindset to execute (by saying that). But our guys also have to understand and we all have to understand that at this time of year – really from now to finish, really from the first game to finish – you've got to take advantage of some of these opportunities."
It might be without Nembhard, who's assist-to-turnover ratio is slightly better than 2 to 1.
"He's one of the best guards in our league," senior forward Kerry Blackshear Jr. said. "He's somebody who calms us down on both ends of the plays, accountable on both ends. But I think we have some guys ready to step up, been really good in practice these last few days.
"I think we got a good chance of winning this one."
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Best Bets: Where is the value in college basketball this weekend?
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Friday night's lines have been released, but Saturday's have not yet been put out by the fine folks running sportsbooks. Until they are, we will be using projections from KenPom, Torvik and Haslametrics to analyze Saturday's games.
No. 13 DAYTON (-7) at SAINT LOUIS, 137.5 (7:00 p.m.)
KENPOM: Dayton 73, Saint Louis 65
TORVIK: Dayton 73, Saint Louis 64
HASLAM: Dayton 76, Saint Louis 64
VEGAS IMPLIED SCORE: Dayton 72.25, Saint Louis 65.25
I love this Dayton team. They are so efficient and so hard to guard on the offensive end of the floor because of their spacing, they number of quality perimeter weapons that they have and the fact that Anthony Grant has implemented a pro-style offense with a roster of upperclassmen.
Oh, and they happen to have this guy, Obi Toppin, who just so happens to be a perfect fit at the five for what they want to run.
But I think I lean Saint Louis here. Chaifetz Arena is always a tough place to play, and the Billikens have been playing well of late. They have talent, too, and they have traditionally been one of the better defensive teams in the Atlantic 10 under Travis Ford. They also happen to have Hasahn French on the roster, and he is about as good of a matchup as you can ask for with Toppin. They can play small, and they actually do have some high-level talent on the roster — Jordan Goodwin is a first-team all-Atlantic 10 player.
BEST BET: Here's the catch: Saint Louis (+7) feels like a very sharp line. At (+6.5), I think there's an argument to be made that the value is on Dayton. So I'll probably stay away unless it gets to (+7.5) or, ideally, (+8).
WISCONSIN at No. 15 MICHIGAN STATE (-9.5), 130.5 (7:00 p.m.)
KENPOM: Michigan State 69, Wisconsin 62
TORVIK: Michigan State 68, Wisconsin 62
HASLAM: Michigan State 69, Wisconsin 61
VEGAS IMPLIED SCORE: Michigan State 70, Wisconsin 60.5
Michigan State is the play for me here. They're in a perfect spot. Wisconsin has won two games in a row and six of their last seven, they are coming off of a somewhat fluky win over Maryland at home on Tuesday night and now have to turn around and head on the road to take on the best team in the league.
The Spartans?
They were just humiliated at Purdue, losing by 29 points in Mackey Arena, before having a full week off to prep for the Badgers.
BEST BET: I liked this line significantly more when it opened at Michigan State (-8), but I think the Spartans run away with this so I will be on Sparty (-9.5), as well.
No. 19 MICHIGAN at IOWA (-4.5), 149.5 (9:00 p.m.)
KENPOM: Iowa 76, Michigan 72
TORVIK: Iowa 76, Michigan 72
HASLAM: Iowa 76, Michigan 71
VEGAS IMPLIED SCORE: Iowa 77, Michigan 72.5
The last time these two teams got together, Iowa beat Michigan 103-91 in a game where the Hawkeyes got 44 points from Luka Garza. After that game, the Hawkeyes ranked 175th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, according to Torvik.
Since that game, Iowa has ranked 28th nationally in AdjDE. The under has hit in seven of their last eight games. The total in this game opened at 148, spiked at 151 and has come down to 149.5.
Should I mention that Isaiah Livers, Michigan's leading scorer and most talented player, is not going to be available?
BEST BET: I like Iowa (-4.5). I love under 149.5. I would probably take the under all the way down to 147, which is the lowest total among any of the projections I use.
No. 3 DUKE at No. 11 LOUISVILLE, 6:00 p.m.
KENPOM: Duke 72, Louisville 64
TORVIK: Duke 71, Louisville 64
HASLAM: Duke 76, Louisville 63
VEGAS IMPLIED SCORE: N/A
The biggest game of the weekend feels like a prime bounceback spot for Duke.
The Blue Devils are coming off of a loss at Clemson on Tuesday night where their perimeter defense was exposed. The Tigers played four guards and a perimeter-oriented five in Aamir Simms that pulled Vernon Carey and Matthew Hurt away from the paint and made them guard in space. It did not go well.
Louisville is playing their third-straight road game, and the first two were not exactly statement wins. The Cardinals blew a double-digit lead at Notre Dame in a 67-64 win and they needed overtime (and this controversial call) to beat Pitt.
The kicker here is that Louisville cannot spread the floor the way that Miami can — they typically always have one low-post banger on the court in Steve Enoch and Malik Williams — and their questionable point guard play has been an issue in every game they're lost. Tre Jones is as good of a defender at the point of attack as anyone.
BEST BET: We'll see where the line opens, but if you can get Duke (-8.5) or lower, that seems pretty tasty.
*SATURDAY UPDATE: Duke opened at (-7) and is still available at (-7.5) for me. This is my favorite bet of the day.
No. 10 KENTUCKY at ARKANSAS, 4:00 p.m.
KENPOM: Arkansas 69, Kentucky 66
TORVIK: Arkansas 69, Kentucky 65
HASLAM: Arkansas 73, Kentucky 65
This is the toughest game on Saturday's slate to get a good feel for. Kentucky is coming off of a loss at South Carolina where they held a big lead early in the second half and choked it away on a banked-in, buzzer-beating three.
Arkansas, on the other hand, is 14-2 on the season and their two losses have come on the road at LSU by two and at Western Kentucky in overtime (before WKU's best player hurt his knee).
The Razorbacks basically run everything through Isaiah Joe and Mason Jones offensively, and I do think that Kentucky has the perimeter defenders to be able to deal with them, but I think it's worth noting that Arkansas is the best in the country at running opponents off of the three-point line and Kentucky has been shooting the three at a 41.4 percent clip in SEC play, which leads the league.
BEST BET: I lean Arkansas (-3) here, and I will take a gander at the under if it gets to 139 or higher. If you want to bet on Kentucky, take the ML.
BYU at NO. 1 GONZAGA, 10:00 p.m.
KENPOM: Gonzaga 82, BYU 73
TORVIK: Gonzaga 81, BYU 73
HASLAM: Gonzaga 87, BYU 73
I felt like I needed to mention this game because BYU is probably the second-best team in the Mountain West and, when they have a healthy Yoeli Childs, might be a top 25 team nationally.
The problem is that they don't have a healthy Yoeli Childs, and that creates a bit of a problem when projecting this line.
I do think that BYU has the horses to run with Gonzaga even without him, and their ability to shoot and space the floor could give a bigger Gonzaga team some issues. The Cougars have also had some success playing at Gonzaga in past seasons — they won in the Kennel in 2015, 2016 and 2017. So I'm not necessarily going to get scared of by the opponent here.
BEST BET: It's impossible to say without knowing where the line is going to open, so check back on Saturday morning when we have that info.
*SATURDAY UPDATE: BYU (+13) is not going to feel comfortable, but I think we have to take the points here.
No. 20 COLORADO at ARIZONA, 2:30 p.m.
KENPOM: Arizona 73, Colorado 68
TORVIK: Arizona 71, Colorado 67
HASLAM: Arizona 70, Colorado 64
Both Colorado and Arizona played late on Thursday night, meaning that there will be a 36-hour turnaround between games, which makes me lean towards the home team.
I also think it's worth noting that these two teams have been trending in opposite directions. Prior to beating Utah on Thursday night, Arizona has lost four of their last five and five of their last seven and were coming off of a sweep at the Oregon schools. Colorado, on the other hand, is currently sitting in second place in the Pac-12 race.
BEST BET: Assuming this line opens at Arizona (-4.5), I think the value is on the Wildcats. Playing two road games in three days is never easy, and you know the McKale Center is going to be rocking with a ranked team coming to town.
*SATURDAY UPDATE: At Arizona (-6), I am going to stay away. If you have to bet this, I like the Arizona side more.
PURDUE at No. 17 MARYLAND, 2:00 p.m.
KENPOM: Maryland 62, Purdue 58
TORVIK: Maryland 59, Purdue 58
HASLAM: Maryland 59, Purdue 56
This is a perfect spot play.
Maryland has lost their last two games on the road, the latter of which was an L because of a fluky turnover with 12 seconds left in a game the Terps were leading. Purdue, on the other hand, is riding high after they beat Michigan State by 29 points at home.
The Boilermakers are 0-3 on the road in the Big Ten this season and also lost at Marquette. Maryland is 0-4 on the road but they have not lost at home this season.
BEST BET: If the line is Maryland (-4), I love it. If the line is lower than that, I love it even more.
*SATURDAY UPDATE: Maryland opened at (-5) and has moved to (-5.5). The Terps are my second-favorite bet of the day.
Bracketology: Baylor leads, Big Ten reigns
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By Dave OmmenJan 17, 2020, 10:00 AM EST
Here is the latest NCAA tournament bracketology projection.
One bracket decision was easy today: Baylor as the No. 1 overall seed. The Bears are 5-1 against Quadrant 1 teams, have a win at Kansas, and haven't lost since dropping a close game to Washington in early November.
Elsewhere, the Big Ten reigns, filling up the field with a dozen teams. Much of that has to do with the strength and depth of the conference, with quality wins available almost every night and home teams rarely losing. Another contributing factor is fewer contenders in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big 12, and even the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Whether those trends continue remains to be seen. Ultimately, the Big Ten is more likely to end up with nine or ten bids.
In a close call, Butler remains the final No. 1 seed, but loses its Midwest route to Kansas. The Bulldogs depth of wins against teams in the Field was the difference. But one could make an equally compelling and accurate case for San Diego State.
The latest look at where our NCAA tournament bracketology projection stands …
FIRST FOUR – DAYTON
EAST REGION Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
WEST REGION NC State vs. Washington
MIDWEST REGION ROBERT MORRIS vs. NC A&T
SOUTH REGION PR VIEW AM vs. NO COLORADO
SOUTH – Houston WEST – Los Angeles
Omaha Spokane
1) BAYLOR 1) GONZAGA
16) PV-AM / NC A&T 16) QUINNIPIAC
8) Illinois 8) Wisconsin
9) Florida 9) Oklahoma
Tampa St. Louis
5) Michigan 5) WICHITA STATE
12) LIBERTY 12) NC State / Washington
4) Auburn 4) Louisville
13) S.F. AUSTIN 13) NEW MEXICO ST
Albany Spokane
6) STANFORD 6) Iowa
11) Saint Mary's 11) Houston
3) SETON HALL 3) Oregon
14) COLGATE 14) SOUTH DAKOTA ST
Greensboro Sacramento
7) Arkansas 7) Penn State
10) Purdue 10) Texas Tech
2) DUKE 2) SAN DIEGO STATE
15) NORTHERN COLORADO 15) UC-IRVINE
EAST – New York MIDWEST – Indianapolis
St. Louis Omaha
1) Butler 1) Kansas
16) ALBANY / ROB MORRIS 16) RADFORD
8) LSU 8) Marquette
9) Rutgers 9) Indiana
Sacramento Albany
5) Maryland 5) Ohio State
12) EAST TENNESSEE ST 12) AKRON
4) Colorado 4) Villanova
13) YALE 13) GEORGIA STATE
Cleveland Cleveland
6) Kentucky 6) Creighton
11) Minnesota / Virginia Tech 11) NORTHERN IOWA
3) DAYTON 3) MICHIGAN STATE
14) WILLIAM & MARY 14) WRIGHT STATE
Greensboro Tampa
7) Arizona 7) Memphis
10) Georgetown 10) BYU
2) West Virginia 2) Florida State
15) AUSTIN PEAY 15) CHARLOTTE
BUBBLE NOTES
Last 4 Byes Last 4 IN First 4 OUT Next 4 OUT
Purdue Minnesota USC St. John's
Texas Tech Virginia Tech Oregon State Arizona State
Houston NC State VCU Utah
Saint Mary's Washington Xavier Georgia
Top Seed Line
Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, Butler
Breakdown by Conference …
Big East (6)
Pac 12 (5)
Atlantic 10 (1)
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Exclusive | Regents Data: Public Schools Lag Behind Yeshivas
Sandy Eller
5 Tevet 5779 – December 12, 2018
Photo Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90
Exclusive report to The Jewish Press
Recent guidelines issued by the New York State Department of Education – in response to an investigation on the curricula of chassidic institutions – have private schools statewide scrambling to understand their import.
How did your child's yeshiva perform? Scroll Down.
Under the new directives, all New York private schools that fail to comply with regulations requiring – among other things – as many as 36 hours of instruction a week in English, math, science, social studies, and other subjects could lose state funding for textbooks, transportation, and other items.
The new regulations, outlined in late November by Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, have been described by many as draconian.
Relevant to the discussion are Regents examination scores recently obtained by The Jewish Press under a Freedom Of Information Law request.
These scores reveal that New York yeshiva students are outperforming their public school peers in the four core subjects of English, math, science, and history – by far.
They show, for example, yeshivas earning 19 of the top 20 average private school scores in New York's English Language Arts exam.
How did your child's yeshiva perform?
Regents averages for nonpublic schools
Regents averages for public schools by county
Brooklyn's Beth Jacob High School for Girls's 91.1 average was the highest in the state, with Bobov's Congregation Machna Shalva, Shaare Torah, and Bais Yaakov Academy coming in with 89.6, 87.3 and 87.2, respectively – well ahead of the local public school average of 58.4.
In Queens, Shevach High School and Torah Academy for Girls students averaged 88.4 and 87.4, respectively, ahead of public school average of 60.9.
Students outside New York City fared similarly, with Nassau's Midreshet Shalhevet Girls, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls and Torah High School Long Beach averaging 90.2, 86.9, and 86.9, respectively, with public schools averaging just 61.8.
In Rockland County, Bais Yaakov of Ramapo's 88.1 average surpassed the public school's 63.4.
Rounding out the top 20 with average scores of 85.4 or better were Shulamith School for Girls of Brooklyn, Congregation Machne Chaim, Torah Vodaath High School, Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel, Bais Yaakov High School of Spring Valley, Bais Menachem, Rambam Mesivta – Maimonides High School, Bais Brocho of Karlin Stolin, and Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky.
In the Algebra 2/Trigonometry exam, yeshivas earned nine of the top 10 private school scores in the state. In Brooklyn and Queens, Machon Bais Yaakov Hilda Birn High School, Beth Jacob School High School for Girls, Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah High School, Beth Jacob, Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah High School, and Torah Academy for Girls all had average scores that beat public school results by over 20 percentage points.
In Rockland County, Beth Rochel High School and Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley bested their peers' average scores by over 15 percentage points, while in Nassau, Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway students scored just over 12 percentage points higher than their public school counterparts.
Seven out of the top 10 private school scores reported in the Global History Regents exam were also earned by yeshivas. While Brooklyn schools averaged a score of 64.7, Bobov's Congregation Machna Shalva and Bais Yaakov High School tied for the second highest average with a score of 92.7, two tenths of a point ahead of the Bais Esther School.
Shaar Hatorah students bested their Queens public school counterparts by 21.7 percentage points, while Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale's average was 26.1 percentage points higher than that of Bronx public school students.
Not surprisingly, similar results were seen in the Physics Regents, where the highest average score in the state – 90.1 – was earned by Shevach High School in Queens, closely followed by Yeshiva of Far Rockaway and Torah Academy for Girls High School, while local public school students averaged just 71.8.
Students at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov and the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School in Nassau County averaged 83.2 and 82.1, ahead of the public school average of 77.5.
And in Brooklyn, Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel's average of 88.1 was well ahead of the public school average of 73.2.
Assemblyman-elect Simcha Eichenstein said the test scores demonstrate that the notion that yeshivas are not keeping pace with their public school counterparts is laughable. "If you want to talk about equivalency, we should talk about the public school system being unable to measure up to the standards of the yeshiva system," he said.
Agudath Israel of America's associate director of educational affairs, Avrohom Weinstock, said that he had seen the Regents data obtained by The Jewish Press, which he called "quite impressive."
"We are very proud of our schools," he said.
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Tim McLaughlin reports the findings of a Reuters investigation into the outcomes of federal programs to subsidize chemically treated clean coal, or "clean coal" in industry public relations terminology.
Refined coal has a "dirty secret," according to McLaughlin: it fails to live up to its environmental promises.
Reuters analyzed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including data from a Duke Energy Corp power plant in North Carolina, and found that NOx emission rates increased substantially when the plant began burning refined coal in 2012. When the plant stopped using the refined coal, bromide levels in the region fell sharply.
The story of Duke Energy's Marshall Steam Station power plant in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina is only a case study. In aggregate, according to the analysis, refined coal "shows few signs of reducing NOx emissions as lawmakers intended."


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When passing judgment, Nare said that the Ngwato Land Board should have looked at Kgalemang's application from the perspective of equity. He said that the fact that Kgalemang had already acquired a ranch for himself from the open market should not disqualify him from entitlement to a free ranch.
He said that inequity would have arisen if Kgalemang had been allocated two free ranches when there are several other competent persons who may equally use the other ranch productively. Nare also said that there are certain socio economic rights that must be extended to, and enjoyed by all citizens equally regardless of their social status, class, or level of effluence.
"For example, in Botswana all citizens are entitled to the same old age allowance upon reaching the age of 60 years, regardless of their wealth or the availability of any other pension scheme that they have arranged privately. So it is illogical to deny Kgalemang a free ranch for the simple reason that he worked hard to earn himself an extra ranch on his own. It is a known fact that human beings can never be economically equal even if they are given equal opportunities," he said.
Nare also ruled that Kgalemang should not be punished for being industrious and prudent cattle rancher under the disguised name of equity.
In discharging its mandate, said Nare, the Land Board should have understood Kgalemang application in light of how the market economy operates.
On the issue of land allocation freeze that the Land Board brought up, Nare said that the freeze had indeed taken too long and that the Land Board has not furnished a plausible explanation for the delay. The Ngwato Land Board has since filed an appeal.
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The Coming Anti-Christ: Jesus of Nazareth?
A Tragic Case of Mistaken Identity?
A Study of A Key Prophecy
Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
The Nature of Messiah's Work
The prophecy of the Seventy Weeks reveals in considerable detail the events of the last week. There was much for Messiah to accomplish in this time. According to those principles developed earlier in this exposition, the last week represented seven years of actual time, beginning about the year A.D. 27. The first aspect of Messiah's life during this time that is particularly striking is the reference to his cutting off. Not only does the prophecy reveal that Messiah was to be slain, or "cut off", but it establishes the time when this was to occur. The Messiah was to be cut off after the sixty nine weeks had ended. How long after?
To answer this question, it is helpful to consider one of Christ's parables.
(Jesus) spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down (Luke 13:6-9)
This parable is not difficult to interpret, because some of the symbols such as the fig tree are used elsewhere in Scripture, and their meaning can be clearly established. The "man" is evidently God Himself, who through the miracles of Christ, performed by His power, was looking for a genuine reform on the part of the nation of Israel, the fig tree. The "dresser of the vineyard" is Jesus. The last year of Jesus' ministry saw renewed efforts to convince the people, including the demonstration of God's power in the resurrection of Lazarus, and later the resurrection to immortality of Jesus Himself. Yet the nation remained unresponsive to this absolute seal that Jesus was the Messiah, and was "cut down" from the special relationship it formerly held with God. It was therefore about the middle of the last week that the ministry of Jesus ended and he was cut off, for according to the parable his ministry lasted into a fourth year.
This conclusion is confirmed by other details revealed to Daniel, for the prophecy expressly states that it was in the midst of the (last) week (that) he (should) cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. If the death of Christ occurred in the middle of the seventieth week, it must have been the means by which the sacrifice and the oblation were brought to an end. Is this the conclusion of Scripture? Immediately coincident with the last breath of Christ, the veil of the temple was rent in twain, signifying that the Law of Moses, with all its institutions of sacrifice' had ceased to be the means through which God was to be approached. Explaining the importance of this event to the human race, the writer to the Hebrews says:
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins . . . Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; . . . Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh (Hebrews 10:4,8,19-20).
Christ's sacrifice accomplished what the animal sacrifices never could do, and put to an end the need for them to be offered. Before the death of Jesus, these sacrifices were an essential obligation of the worshippers' approach to God, but the death of Jesus caused this obligation to cease. Christ's sacrifice fulfilled the Law of Moses which ceased to be binding on those who would approach unto God after his death (Colossians 2:14, Galatians 5:1),
If Messiah's cutting off took place in the midst of the seventieth week, which, for the reasons we have advanced, is our conclusion, then there are still three and a half years to account for before the end of the seventieth week. The prophecy reveals that throughout the last week, Messiah would confirm the covenant with many. This covenant which Jesus confirmed is identified in Romans 15:8. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of Cod, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers. Elsewhere these ancient promises, made to the patriarchs, are called the "covenants of promise" because the promises were simply the terms or conditions of the covenant (Ephesians 2:12). Having therefore scripturally identified the covenant Christ confirmed, another question may now be addressed: with whom was the covenant confirmed? The prophecy reveals that it was confirmed with "many". Jesus refers to this class of "many" at the institution of the breaking of bread. For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins (Matthew 26:28). This class of "many" is also mentioned later in the prophecy of Daniel in connection with the resurrection of the dead. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2). It is made up of both Jews and Gentiles, for both classes shall attain to the resurrection, and for both Christ died. However, in the days of his ministry, Christ preached only to the Jews, as he himself stated: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matthew 15:24). Jesus, nevertheless, clearly believed and taught that there were others besides the Jews, his own nation, that were going to have the opportunity for salvation, and these others, the Gentiles, he called his "other sheep". And other sheep I have, which are not of this (Jewish) fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd (John 10:16). Now Jesus did not personally preach to the Gentiles--he did it through the agency of the apostles, especially Paul. Understandably the conversion of the first Gentile, a Roman centurion named Cornelius, caused great excitement among the early believers in Christ, who were all Jews. Great prominence is given to this event in the Bible--the whole tenth chapter of Acts. The reaction of Peter and those Jews who accompanied him is thus described: And they of the circumcision (the Jews) which believed, as many as came with Peter, were astonished because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:45). On carefully reading this account, it is noted that it was not because the Holy Spirit was poured out that the Jews were amazed-it was because the Gentiles were the recipients of it for the first time, showing they had been accepted by God and had been granted the same privileges as the Jews. The Gentiles could enter the covenant by being baptized, and thereby become heirs of the promises made to the Jewish fathers, which promises Christ had confirmed by his death.
When the of Peter's association with Cornelius reached the ears of the Jewish believers who had not been with him, they demanded an explanation of his action. After he addressed the Jewish believers they were satisfied with his conduct. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Many years later, Peter referred back to this event when addressing an assembly of the elders in Jerusalem. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel and believe (Acts 15:7). The emphasis that this event received shows what a radical change it constituted in God's dealings with the human race. Although it is impossible to prove that the conversion of Cornelius took place within three and a half years of Christ's death, because no date for it is given in Scripture, it appears to have occurred approximately at this juncture, for in this way and at this time the covenant was confirmed with many--Gentiles as well as Jews. The final week of the prophecy, the last seven years of the four hundred ninety years, ended, then, with the conversion of Cornelius, the first of many Gentiles to become an heir of the things covenanted to Abraham by oath.
The last portion of the prophecy concerns the desolation that was to come on Jerusalem and the Jewish people as a result of their rejection of their Messiah.. .. and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined . . . and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. The prophecy does not indicate that the desolation would occur within the seventy weeks; but it occurred later as a result of the action of the Jews against Messiah during this period. In both the book of Daniel and the gospel records, the destruction of the city and the temple is distinctly linked with the crucifixion of the Anointed One. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children (Matthew 27:25).
The Jewish mob who urged Pilate to crucify Jesus voluntarily accepted responsibility for the shedding of his blood. That their punishment for slaying the Son of God was to involve the loss of their city and temple is shown by a parable Jesus taught them late in his ministry. And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city (Matthew 22:1- 7). The king in the parable is God, whose son is Jesus; and those who were bidden to the wedding feast were the Jews. The king's servants were the apostles by whose labours the invitation was extended. Because the Jews took the life of God's son and refused to hearken to his servants, their city and their temple were leveled. History has shown that it was about forty years after the cutting off of Messiah that the city was destroyed and the temple burned by the Roman army. In the parable, however, the destruction is said to be carried out by the king's (that is, God's) armies. Titus, the Roman general in charge of the conquering army, and who led the final siege against Jerusalem, acknowledged: We have certainly had God for our assistant in this war, and it was no other than God who ejected the Jews out of these fortifications; for what could the hands of men, or any machines, do towards overthrowing these towers.(4) This pagan general unwittingly confirmed that God indeed used the Roman army as "his" army, to carry out His will in punishing His people, exactly as the parable stated.
History has shown the prophecy of the seventy weeks to be accurate in another minute particular. The prophecy foretold that it would be "the people of the prince that shall come and destroy the city and the sanctuary" as distinct from the prince himself. Titus, the Roman prince in command of the operation, wanted and endeavoured to save the city and the sanctuary.
I appeal to the gods of my own country, and to every god that ever had any regard to this place (for I do not suppose it to be now regarded by any of them); I appeal to my own army, and to those Jews that are now with me, and even to you yourselves, that I do not force you to defile this your sanctuary; and if you will but change the place whereon you fight, no Roman shall either come near your sanctuary, or offer any affront to it; nay, I will endeavour to preserve your holy house, whether you will or not.(5)
However, it had been decreed long ago that the people of the prince, whether the prince willed it or not, would destroy the sanctuary. This is what actually occurred:
. . . but these Romans put the Jews to flight, and proceeded as far as the holy house itself. At which time one of the soldiers, without staying for any orders, and without any concern or dread upon him at so great an undertaking, and being hurried only by a certain divine fury, snatched somewhat out of the materials that were on fire, and being lifted up by another soldier, he set fire to a golden window, through which there was a passage to the rooms that were round about the holy house, on the north side of it. As the flames went upward the Jews made a great clamour, such as so mighty an affliction required, and ran together to prevent it; and now they spared not their lives any longer, nor suffered any thing to restrain their force, since that holy house was perishing, for whose sake it was that they kept such a guard about it.
And now a certain person came running to Titus, and told him of this fire, as he was resting himself in his tent after the last battle; whereupon he rose up in great haste, and, as he was, ran to the holy house, in order to have a stop put to the fire; after him followed all his commanders, and after them followed the several legions, in great astonishment; so there was a great clamour and tumult raised, as was natural upon the disorderly motion of so great an army. Then did Caesar, both by calling to the soldiers that were fighting, with a loud voice, and by giving a signal to them with his right hand, order them to quench the fire; but they did not hear what he said, though he spake so loud, having their ears already dimmed by a greater noise another way; nor did they attend to the signal he made with his hand either, as still some of them were distracted with fighting, and others with passion; but as for the legions that came running thither, neither any persuasion nor any threatenings could restrain their violence, but each one's own passion was his commander at this time; and as they were crowding into the temple together, many of them were trampled on one by another, while a great number fell among the ruins of the cloisters, which were still hot and smoking, and were destroyed in the same miserable manner with those whom they conquered: and when they were come near the holy house, they made as if they did not so much as hear Caesar's orders to the contrary; but they encouraged those that were before them to set it on fire.(6)
Although this exposition of the prophecy of the seventy weeks has not touched upon every detail, it has shown how some of the most important parts were exactly fulfilled. The Messiah came at the precise time indicated by the prophecy; he was put to death, thereby ending the Mosaic institutions; salvation was opened to the Gentiles and the everlasting covenant was confirmed with them; and the unbelieving and unrepentant nation of Israel was destroyed and scattered by the Roman desolator. This prophecy is a remarkable testimony to the truth of the scriptures, for all these things were foretold about six centuries before they occurred.
At the outset, the reader was encouraged to ponder whether Antichrist figured at all in the prophecy. Is it not through and through a prophecy about "Messiah the Prince"? It tells us when he should come; what he should accomplish for men; that he should be slain; what the effect of his death should be; and it tells us of the ensuing desolation of the Temple on account of the Jewish refusal to believe, undertaken by a pagan prince who unknowingly carried out the will of God. These are the main features of the prophecy, and they make no provision for the work of an Antichrist.
It must come as a surprise, therefore, that a book is described as "the classic work of the marvelous prophecy of Daniel about the Antichrist and the Seventy Weeks."(7) What could be plainer than the content of the prophecy itself that it is about "Messiah the Prince"? Yet it is the prevailing view that this prophecy concerns the Antichrist, an evil man not yet manifested in the earth. This modern interpretation is entirely erroneous and thus dangerous, because it confuses Christ and his great work and sacrifice with an imaginary worker of iniquity. Let us consider why the modern view cannot be sustained, and ought to be rejected.
The modern view can be summarized by the following diagram.
DIAGRAM #3 (larger version):
The Modern Evangelical Interpretation of The Seventy Weeks Prophecy
Which Received its Impetus From Sir Robert Anderson's Book
The Coming Prince (issued in 1881)
There are three major objections to this interpretation or slight variations on it.
1. The phrase "unto Messiah the Prince" signifies neither the birth nor death of Jesus, but the time of his anointing, when he rightfully assumed the title, "Messiah". Thus, it is incorrect to mark the end of the sixty ninth week with the death of Messiah.
2. "After seven, threescore and two weeks" is taken to mean "at the end of sixty nine weeks" but this the prophecy does not state. "After" indicates some time beyond the end of the sixty ninth week, and the prophecy indicates that it was in the midst of seventieth week when the "cutting off" would occur.
3. The last week is said to be separated by centuries from the other sixty nine, and is supposed to be the seven year reign of Antichrist still in the future. Antichrist is to cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease; but first, he must allow them to start, as they do not now exist; and so he must first rebuild the Jewish temple, make a covenant with the Jews, and break the covenant in the midst of the week. After the three and a half years, he begins persecuting the Jews. All these basic tenets of the Antichrist theory arise out of the misinterpretation of one verse in Daniel 9, verse 27. First, the verse is speaking about Messiah the Prince of the previous verse, and not about Antichrist; so it is only by removing the verse from its context that Antichrist can be read into it. Second, the covenant was to be confirmed with many--a term implying others besides Jews--and thus cannot be limited to the nation of Israel. Third, the covenant was to be confirmed, not made; which implies it was already in existence. This is easily understood when it is recognized that it was the covenant made with Abraham that is being spoken of, which Christ confirmed. Fourth, there is nothing in the prophecy that even remotely suggests that the weeks do not represent a consecutive time period. Thus, there is no basis for separating the last week from the previous sixty nine by over nineteen centuries. This was simply an invention of the Antichrist theorists for which there is no scriptural support whatever.
It may well amaze the reader that such an idea as the Antichrist theory could be derived from a prophecy exclusively about Christ. Perhaps it is easier now to see why so many of the similarities of Part I exist between Christ and Antichrist-because scriptures which reveal the former are mistakenly applied to the latter, of which the prophecy of the Seventy Weeks is but one clear example. How, then, could so many people be deceived and come to believe in a theory of which God's word knows nothing?-This is a question whose answer must be deferred to Part III.
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